Stephen's Banded Snake envenomation treated with tiger snake antivenom

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 476-478

  Hession, Michael ^a  

^a BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenins; Desseminated intravascular coagulation; Snake bites; Snake venoms

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; PROMETHAZINE; STEROID; TIGER SNAKE ANTIVENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENVENOMATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SERUM SICKNESS; SNAKEBITE; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ANTIVENINS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; SNAKE BITES; SNAKES;

EID: 35148813423     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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